| Literature DB >> 23749298 |
Andrew J Brown1, Daniel A Fisher, Evguenia Kouranova, Aaron McCoy, Kevin Forbes, Yumei Wu, Rachel Henry, Diana Ji, Andre Chambers, Joe Warren, Weiguo Shu, Edward J Weinstein, Xiaoxia Cui.
Abstract
Animal models with genetic modifications under temporal and/or spatial control are invaluable to functional genomics and medical research. Here we report the generation of tissue-specific knockout rats via microinjection of zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs) into fertilized eggs. We generated rats with loxP-flanked (floxed) alleles and a tyrosine hydroxylase promoter-driven cre allele and demonstrated Cre-dependent gene disruption in vivo. Pronuclear microinjection of ZFNs, shown by our data to be an efficient and rapid method for creating conditional knockout rats, should also be applicable in other species.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23749298 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2516
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Methods ISSN: 1548-7091 Impact factor: 28.547